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The ending.How can it end like this!? Does the author know how much electric costs?If i don't sleep soon i'm going to start hallucinating and see spiders climbing the walls, scuttling across the floor, behind the curtains......(i just frightened myself again)

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

How the spiders traveled

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Voices are ok, The women don't sound like squeaky toys

If this book were a film would you go see it?

You crazy! Of course i wouldn't sit in a dark cinema with rows and rows of seats in the pitch dark with exits all the way in the back. I would Watch it at home with a cushion, rolled up news paper, lights on and a back up torch....and a flame thrower

Enjoyed this so much I bought the sequel immediately which isn't like me.<br /><br />Once I had got past the kids saying the narrator sounded like Kermit the Frog (check sample) this was a good adventure with premise to grow in the sequels. <br /><br />Good character development and pace, the story, while not 'horror' is a good action/adventure.<br /><br />If you're after a horrific, tense thriller I don't think this is 100% for you, but it's a good yarn nonetheless.

This is an ok yarn, basically a zombie story but replacing re-animated dead with spiders. Bit disappointed that it just stops, rather than concluding. It is obviously setting up a series. Reasonable listen nonetheless.

Reminiscent of Stephen King, Boone has a way of putting you right there in the midst of the action. This is a story that will remain with me but I fear that it is only the beginning of a much longer story. In which case, I look forward to the next instalment. <br/>The performance was excellent (except for the pronunciation of a few Scottish/Gaelic names). Newbern has a voice well suited to narration and I hope that he performs the next episode.

This is Alexi Zentner's first book under his new name Ezekiel Boone. The first thing to note is that this is the opening book of what the author says will become a trilogy - at the time of writing this is not clear on the Audible website. The book makes much more sense in that context than it would as a stand alone novel. It would also make more sense in the right category which should be sci-fi or horror rather than Crime and Thrillers where it resides at the time of writing!

Much of the first part of this one Boone spends introducing us to the wide cast of global characters that will cover this story. it's very much in the style of his self-confessed influence Stephen King as he gives the characters depth and persona. The horror once it starts and we head towards a new kind of apocalypse is strong and actually exciting. Apparently these spiders come in waves, each more scary than the last.

The ending of this book comes at a sensible point, given that it is just the starting point of a trilogy. As a stand-alone the whole thing must have seemed poorly balanced.

So, I'm in for the ride and look forwards to where Mr Boone plans to take us in "Skitter"!

I enjoyed this but it's really part 1 of 3 so get ready to invest in all of the books as this one is introducing the characters for later and setting the scene but still worth it none the less.Get ready to feel itchy!

Well if you want to waste 8 hours of your life you should go watch paint dry as it would be more interesting than this book! For a book that goes in to incredible detail about every character you would think they would be of some importance to the storyline...wrong. Half of them are not needed, will not be reading the following book.

I would recommend this book to a friend who also loves B-Movies. It's a bit of a 80's monster horror throw back. Awesome.

Who was your favorite character and why?

To be honest i never really got attached to any of the characters. Not that they weren't well written or didn't have personality it was i just never really clicked to a particular one.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I think without spoilers.... Investigating the plane crash or the ship grounding.Both gave me the feeling of s##ts gonna get real.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

What would you get if you crossed Arachnophobia and Eight legged freaks?The Hatching.

Any additional comments?

Great book but a let down at the end. It didn't so much end with a cliffhanger it more of fizzled out and kinda makes you have to get the next one just to find out what happens.It feels like it was written as one book but to cash in more they just chopped it in half to get two books out of it. Feel a bit cheated and I'm not rushing out to get the second one as a way to make myself feel like I'm getting my own back.Via Revolution!

Ezekiel Boone could easily be confused with the late and great Michael Chrichton with this one, in the vein of Jurassic park, micro and even Prey, he balances a huge cast of enjoyable characters with a credible creepy crawly threat thanks to some clever technical writing. It sounds ridiculous when you read the blurb but it's a brilliant and tense tale. Well worth a few quid. The voice acting is pretty solid as well, although the Scottish/Indian were a touch ropey, it's a minor nitpicky blemish on all round enjoyable romp.